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Readers revisit Spike Milligan's comic novel Puckoon

Original: Finished another nostalgia read yesterday, after finding I somehow had two copies of ‘Puckoon’ by # SpikeMilligan on my

A reader has finished rereading Puckoon, Spike Milligan's 1963 comic novel set in an Irish border village split by a boundary line, describing it as a fun, nostalgic read that is more random and rambling than remembered, while noting some jokes feel dated. The book remains a cult favourite of British-Irish absurd humour.

Why now: Nostalgic rereads of classic comic fiction prompt people to share memories of Milligan's humour and how it holds up today.

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• Finished another nostalgia read yesterday, after finding I somehow had two copies of ‘Puckoon’ by # SpikeMilligan on my shelf. A fun read, albeit a bit more random and rambling than I recalled, haha! (Note: Also had to mentally skip past a few examples of “of its time” early… · imalcolm · 5

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